[en] On April 1, 2017, Professor Hafedh Ateb, a scientist who founded the Tunisian Astronomical Society, published a post on his Facebook page to denounce a forthcoming PhD thesis. Its subject? The geocentric universe with a flat and young Earth. It was not an April Fool’s joke.
Disciplines :
Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Nazé, Yaël ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Groupe d'astrophysique des hautes énergies (GAPHE)
Language :
English
Title :
A doctoral dissertation on a geocentric flat earth - "zetetic" astronomy at the university level
Publication date :
May 2018
Journal title :
Skeptical Inquirer
ISSN :
0194-6730
Publisher :
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Volume :
42
Issue :
3
Pages :
12-14
Commentary :
This is NOT the manuscript of the "dissertation-to-be" but an article analyzing this Tunisian scandal. Please read abstract before requesting the article.
